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SNSD’s Yoona Congratulates CEO HaHa on His Restaurant Opening


Entertainer HaHa officially opened his restaurant business, and many celebrities showed their close relationship by sending wreaths to congratulate him.

HaHa opened a grilled pork intestines shop near Hongik University on April 22nd. On the first day, he transformed into a worker and served food directly to the tables and communicated with the guests, creating a bright atmosphere as a CEO.

He met with reporters and said that he had a hunch the store would be a success with the number of guests lining up till dawn the next day.

The cast of entertainment programs like MBC’s ‘Infinity Challenge’ and SBS’s ‘Running Man’ sent wreaths to congratulate him, attracting the attention of guests.

Girls’ Generation’s Yoona is also creating attention with her message to HaHa, in which she cheekily said, “Let’s go to a deserted island if your shop is daebak!”

Kim Taeho PD showed his loyalty with his message, “I had no idea how big 3 billion was. Haha, earn a lot of money!” Kim Jongkook’s message was, “Be rich, my brother!” while Jung Hyungdon drew laughter from customers as his said, “Haha, talk like me”.

In this regard, HaHa’s manager stated that, “Before the opening day, many friends and colleagues gave him support and cheered him on, and guests who have visited the shop directly are enjoying the wreaths placed there.”

Yoona and HaHa previously showed their close friendship through the recent appearance of Yoona (with Sunny) on SBS’s Running Man. After the episode, HaHa tweeted and posted a picture of himself posing comfortably with Yoona. Hopefully, we’ll be able to see Yoona and the members visiting HaHa’s store themselves!

Written by: shizzles9@soshified.com
Source: Nate

SM confirms “SM TOWN LIVE in TOKYO” for September


SM Entertainment’s “SM TOWN LIVE in TOKYO SPECIAL EDITION” has been confirmed for September 3rd and 4th!

The two-day concert was originally scheduled for April 9th and 10th at the Tokyo Dome concert hall, but due to the natural disasters affecting Japan, SM Entertainment had no option but to postpone the date.

As the Tokyo Dome can house a 50,000 member audience, representatives are expecting over a 100,000 member audience over the two days.

Aside from Tokyo, “SM TOWN LIVE” will be heading to Paris, France on June 10th as well.

Source: Newsen via Nate

Legendary ‘Gee’ is officially ‘Song Of The Decade’


Recently, one of Korea’s most popular online music site, melOn released a top-100 chart called the ‘2000s Music Chart‘, listing top songs from year 2000 to 2010. Besides the fact that it is a chart that reflects the most popular songs during the hottest Kpop era, our eyes were fixed at the top of the table because ‘Gee‘ was crowned theno.1 song of the 2000s.

Seen as a legendary song, ‘Gee”s achievements in 2009 were truly remarkable where it won 9 consecutive K-Chart awards, Digital Bonsang and Digital Daesang at the 24th Golden Disk Awards, Song Of The Year Award and T-Mobile Music Award at the 2009 melOn Music Awards, Bonsang, Digital Music Award and Daesang at the 19th High1 Seoul Music Awards, etc.

Besides ‘Gee’, SNSD’s ‘Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)‘ was also placed within the top 50 of the chart, where it managed to secure the 42nd spot.

The chart painted a thousand words and no one could deny that ‘Gee’ being named the song of the decade was a well-deserved title.

Credit: melOn.com/fanwonder.com

SNSD reaches #1 on Oricon Singles Chart


Recently, allkpop reported that girl group SNSD had reached #2 on Japan’s Oricon Singles Chart, right behind Jang Geun Suk.

Well, on April 29th, SNSD came up to #1 with their third Japanese single, “Mr. Taxi“, which was released on April 27th. On top of this, SNSD has also placed 1st on Japan’s mobile download site “Recochoku” and on Japan’s iTunes Singles Chart – showing that the group is receiving much love in Japan.

“Mr. Taxi” is a new song that was not previously released in Korea. The song has been receiving much attention from music fans not only in Korea and Japan, but from fans all over Asia.

Meanwhile, SNSD will start performing on May 31st in Osaka and tour throughout Japan until July 17th for their Arena Tour Concert. They plan to perform in front of 100,000 fans. For their first concert, 300,000 people applied to buy tickets, so it was confirmed that 3 performances have been added to accommodate fans.

Source: Osen via Nate

Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon Voted Number One Future Idol Mentor


Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon received the highest votes as the idol who would be the future mentor and offer the greatest support.

MBC’s ‘Star Audition: Birth of a Great Star’ is currently receiving much attention and there is also great interest on idols who would be future mentors for the show.

From April 26th to May 2nd, music portal ‘Bugs!’ held a survey with the question, ‘Which idol would most likely be the future mentor for the show Star Audition?’ The results showed Girls’ Generation Taeyeon taking first place with 45% (2487 people) votes.

Taeyeon is the lead singer for Girls’ Generation and is known as the ‘Vocals Terminator’ for her singing skills and famous OST tracks. The participants who voted for Taeyeon commented that “Taeyeon leads a 9-member group and is a bold leader”, and “Taeyeon’s voice, singing, etc. There is nothing about her that is wrong.” Based on her experiences, many support the great likelihood of Taeyeon being a good mentor. A MR (Music Removed) video of Taeyeon’s OST song ‘I Love You’ for the drama ‘Athena: Goddess of War’ uploaded online also illustrated her perfect vocals.

Girls’ Generation is currently staying strong on the Oricon chart with their Japanese single ‘MR. TAXI’.

Other idols voted were JYJ’s Junsu and 2AM’s Changmin.

What do you think of the results?

Written by: shizzles9@soshified.com
Source:Nate[Irrelevant parts omitted]

SM Town Live 2011 in South America?


SM Town Live 2011 might possibly be going to South America this July! More under the cut!

It seems that in a survey, ‘Which artiste will have a concert in Brazil?’, conducted February this year via a TV broadcast, SM’s artists’ Super Junior, BoA, Girls’ Generation, and SHINee were in the top 4 and in another survey conducted in November last year by Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange (KOFICE) regarding Brazilian fans’ choice of famous Korean singers, Super Junior came in 1st, SHINee 2nd, BoA 4th, and Girls’ Generation 5th.

Music industry official said, “SM’s ripple effect is really great. Not only in US, Japan, China, the artistes have managed to make impact even to Europe and South America and this is such a rare phenomenon for Korean artistes. Isn’t this the way of the true ‘World Stars’?”.

This July, if SM Entertainment decides to come to South America to continue the ‘world tour’ in the region, concerts might be held in South American countries such as Brazil and Chile and attending artists include Girl’s Generation, BoA, DBSK, Super Junior, SHINee, f(x), etc.

SNSD voted as #1 anticipated idol comeback


Monkey3 held a survey titled “Which idol’s comeback do you anticipate the most?” and was held from April 28th to May 4th.

For the survey, SNSD claimed first place as the most anticipated idol comeback with 36% (530 votes). SNSD is currently promoting their latest Japanese single, “MR. TAXI/Run Devil Run” and even took the number 1 spot on Oricon Daily’s singles chart.

Following behind SNSD in second place was 2NE1 with 19% (132 votes). Park Bom’s recent solo track “Don’t Cry” swept music charts and signaled a partial 2NE1 comeback.

Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth place went to 2PM (17%, 117 votes), B2ST (15%, 103 votes), miss A (8%, 54 votes), and 2AM (7%, 46 votes) respectively.

Which idol star’s comeback are you most anticipating?

Source: Economy Today via Nate

Daftar Film Paling Dilarang Di Dunia Perfilman

Manusia cenderung penasaran 'mencicipi' segala yang tegas-tegas dilarang. Kisah penciptaan setidaknya memberikan contoh. Siapa yang bisa abai terhadap derita Adam dan Hawa, yang terusir dari surga karena merasakan buah yang pantang dimakan itu?

Dalam hal produk kebudayaan, seperti pakain, musik, atau film, kenyataannya tak jua berbeda. Pada pemerintahan Bung Karno, musik yang disebut 'ngak-ngik-ngok' tak pantas beredar di tengah khalayak luas. Maka segunung piringan hitam berisi pelbagai kelompok musik -terutama menyangkut lagu-lagu The Beatles- giat dimusnahkan. Hal demikian tak hanya terjadi di Indonesia, dan tak pula menimpa jagat musik belaka. Film niscaya jadi korban pengharaman pula.


Mari tengok sebentar beberapa film yang jadi obyek pelarangan:
"I Spit on Your Grave"


Film bercerita tentang penulis perempuan yang menyendiri ke pedesaan untuk menyelesaikan sebuah novel. Ia lantas bertemu dengan empat pemuda setempat, yang lantas menculik, memerkosa, serta berupaya membunuhnya. Si korban lantas melakukan pembalasan dendam.

Pelarangan berkaitan dengan gambar-gambar penuh adegan seksual eksplisit dan
berdarah-darah. Karya itu tak bisa ditayangkan di Finlandia (2006), Australia
(1997-2004), China, Singapura, Malaysia, Filipina, Thailand, New Zealand, Kanada, Islandia, Norwegia, Jerman Barat, Irlandia (2002), dan Inggris (1984-2001).


"Cannibal Holocaust"

Seorang sutradara beserta anak buah mengunjungi hutan lebat Amazon demi
memproduksi film dokumenter tentang suku setempat. Mereka lalu hilang secara
misterius. Ada antropolog yang kemudian menelusuri jejak mereka. Ia akhirnya
menemukan rol film tim itu dan menemukan penyebab kejadian.

Terlepas dari penyiksaan terhadap hewan yang benar-benar terjadi, "Cannibal
Holocaust" dimejahijaukan karena dianggap memasukkan adegan nyata. Para aktor yang tewas di dalam film telah menandatangani kontrak yang berbunyi: setahun setelah produksi, tak ada material yang boleh dipublikasikan. Sutradara
Ruggero Deodato berkeras meyakinkan bahwa tak ada adegan nyata dalam film. Untuk membuktikan hal itu dan menghindari penjara seumur hidup, ia terpaksa memutuskan kontrak.

Negara-negara yang melarang di antaranya: Singapura, Australia, Norwegia
(1984-2005), Finlandia (1984-2001), Malaysia, Filipina, dan Selandia Baru (2006), Irlandia dan Islandia (1984-2006), Jerman Barat dan Italia (1980-1984), dan Inggris (1984-2001).


"A Clockwork Orange" (1971)

Diadaptasi dari novel karya penulis kawakan Anthony Burgess, "A Clockwork Orange" dilarang tayang di Irlandia (1971-2000), Inggris - oleh sang sutradaranya, Stanley Kubrick - (1973-1999), Singapura, Malaysia, Korea Selatan dan Spanyol. Film berkisah tentang pemuda Alex dan kawan-kawan yang kerap membunuh serta semaunya melakukan perkosaan.

Di Inggris, Kubrick menarik sendiri filmnya karena mendapat imbauan polisi, yang
menyatakan bahwa ada beberapa pihak melontarkan ancaman kepadanya serta
keluarga.


"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1974)

Film ini terinspirasi dari kisah nyata seorang pembunuh bernama Ed Gein yang gemar mengenakan kulit manusia sebagai pakaian. Namun demikian, sang pembantai tak pernah menggunakan gergaji mesin sebagai alat pencabut nyawa.

"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" gagal terbit di Finlandia (1984), Inggris, Brazil, Australia, Jerman Barat, Chili, Islandia, Irlandia, Norwegia, Singapura, dan Swedia.


"The Exorcist" (1973)

Dianggap sebagai salah satu film horor paling sering memantik perdebatan, "The
Exorcist" berkisah tentang gadis berusia 12 tahun yang kesurupan serta dua pendeta yang berupaya mengusir sang iblis dari jiwanya. Malaysia, Inggris dan Singapura memutuskan tak mengizinkan pemutaran film itu di dalam negeri.

Tapi, panitia Oscar justru menganggap "The Exorcist" adalah karya brilian. 10 Oscar dinominasikan bagi film itu. Akhirnya, "The Exorcist" mendapatkan dua Oscar untuk Skenario dan Musik terbaik.


"The Last Tango in Paris" (1973)

Seorang perempuan muda Paris (dimainkan oleh Maria Schneider) main serong dengan pebisnis Amerika paruh baya (diperankan dengan ciamik oleh Marlon Brando). Hubungan mereka hanya berdasar atas desakan nafsu seksual. Keduanya menolak untuk mengetahui nama masing-masing.

Film itu jadi terkenal karena adegan-adegan seksual teramat vulgar menggunakan mentega, yang menghantui Schneider di kehidupan nyata. Kepada New York Post, ia mengaku pada tahun 2007, "Saya merasa dipermalukan dan, sejujurnya, agak merasakan adanya perkosaan. Syukurlah cuma sekali take. Sejak itu, saya tak lagi memasak dengan mentega. Saya cuma memakai minyak zaitun."

"The Last Tango in Paris" tak boleh diputar di Italia (1972-1986), Singapura, Selandia Baru, Portugal (1973-1974) dan Korea Selatan.

sumber : vivanews.com